Health officials inspect 49 Mid-Columbia food establishments

(Editor’s note: This column marks the first anniversary of the Tri-City Herald’s joint venture with the Benton-Franklin Health District to publish restaurant inspections. Share your thoughts and comments at wculverwell@tricityherald.com.)

Eleven local establishments failed health department inspections and 16 earned perfect scores for the week of June 10-16.

The Benton-Franklin Health District’s food safety team inspects more than 1,000 retail establishments that sell or serve food to the public.

Establishments are rated on a 418-point scale, with red points awarded for serious safety and sanitation problems and blue points awarded for less-pressing issues. Those receiving 25 or more red points on routine inspections and 10 or more red points on a re-inspection are automatically rechecked.